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Article: Grid Computing on the Azure Cloud Computing Platform, Part 2: Developing a Grid Application
In this 3-parts series of articles, David Pallmann explains how to perform grid computations on the Azure cloud computing platform. In Part 1 he presented a design pattern for using Azure for grid computing, while in Part 2 he shows how to develop such an application. In Part 3 he is going to run this application.
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Data, Context and Interaction : A New Architectural Approach by James O. Coplien and Trygve Reenskau
James O. Coplien and Trygve Reenskaug have recently introduced a new architectural approach to OOP based on Data, Context and Interaction pattern. It should allow capturing user mental model in terms of behavioral requirements, something that classic OOP fails to do. The article, that triggered many reactions and critics, provides insights into DCI using concrete examples to show its advantages.
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DryadLINQ, Distributed Computing Made Easy
Dryad and DryadLINQ are two Microsoft Research projects which facilitate large data processing on computer clusters or data centers for the C# developer.
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SpringSource Acquires Hyperic
SpringSource, the commercial maintainer of the Spring Framework, has made its third acquisition in two years by purchasing Hyperic, an open source systems monitoring and management specialist. InfoQ looks at the two companies' product offerings and talks to Javier Soltero, formerly CEO of Hyperic and now CTO of Management Products at SpringSource, to find out more about the deal.
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InfoQ Virtual Training: Design, DSLs, Deployment Automation, Web-based services in May and June
In-house training or tutorials at conferences are quite expensive, but what if you could attend some of the best tutorials by leading experts live and from your own office at a low cost? InfoQ is testing this idea with the launch of our virtual training: one-hour and half-day training initially covering agile, effective software development, web-based services, DSLs, and more.
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SCA Extensions for Event Processing and Pub/Sub
Service Component Architecture (SCA) is a today’s most popular programming model for building applications and systems based on a Service Oriented Architecture. A new “Assembly Model Specification Extensions for Event Processing and Pub/Sub” allows to further extend SCA’s reach in implementation of the event-driven systems.
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New Version Of Microsoft Managed Services Engine Released
Microsoft Released the May 2009 CTP of the Managed Services Engine (MSE) with source code that is available at Codeplex. The CTP is minor update to the February Beta release.
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Heroku's Provisionless Hosting for Rails Apps is Revolutionary
Heroku debuted a commercial version of their Rails hosting solution last week, after a free beta stage that lasted over a year. Using Heroku, deployment of a new Ruby web application from scratch is accomplished with little more than a handful of commands from your terminal. No emails, phone calls or support tickets needed.
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Article: Introduction to Virtual Service Oriented Grids
This article from Intel traces three technologies (virtualization, service-orientation, and grid computing) as they merge to offer a hybrid platform for architecture, design, and applications development. The article includes a bit of technology history, a synthesis, and an industry example of the potential of this hybrid technology.
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Five Questions with Eric Hexter and Jeffery Palermo
Eric Hexter and Jeffery Palermo are the founders of MVC Contrib, an open source extension to Microsoft's ASP.NET MVC. With MVC Contrib getting ready for its first first production-grade release, we asked them to take a moment to reflect on the project and ASP.NET MVC as a whole.
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Interview: Geir Magnusson on Cloud Computing
Geir Magnusson answers questions about the definition of Cloud Computing, how cloud computing affects application development, concerns about vendor lock-in, the impact of open source for in Java evolution, Apache Harmony, and Apache Geronimo projects.
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Presentation: Financial Transaction Exchange at BetFair.com
Betfair is the world's largest betting exchange with a transaction volume the equivalent of over half the combined equity trading volume of every major stock exchange in the world. In response to an increase in transaction volume coupled with a decrease in value per transaction, Betfair launched a number of initiatives to dramatically increase transaction processing capacity and reduce cost.
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WEB4J: Contrarian Web App Development for Java
WEB4J is a minimalist, opinionated, full-stack web framework for Java. It embraces convention over configuration and is extremely small: only 88 classes total.
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MINIX 3 Promises to Be More Secure Than Windows or Linux
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, a computer science professor at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, is leading the project developing MINIX 3, an operating system meant to be more secure than Windows or Linux.
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Cost Justifying an Agile Migration
Show me the money - cost justification of Agile migration is a thorny issue. Agile approaches are more successful, deliver value sooner and produce better quality products, but how do we prove it? This article discusses measurements and presents results that help to justify adopting Agile methods.